Door-fastener for box-car side doors.



W. R. MILES. DOOR FASTENER FOR BOX CAR SIDE DOORS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1916.

Patented July 31, 1917.

WILLARD 3. MILES, F DENVER, COLORADO.

DOOR-FASTENER FOR BOX-CAR SIDE DOORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

A Application filed J' 1113' 26, 1916. Serial No. 111,420.

To all whom it may concern: ,7

Be t known that I, Wnm'ARo -B. Mrcns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Fasteners forBox-Car Side Doors; and I do hereby declare the following'to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use'thesame.

This invention relates tonew and useful improvements in a door fastenerfor a box car side door and one of its objects is the provision of adevice of this character, which shall be simple, durable and eflicientand which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

Another object of this invention is to provide a longitudinally extendinchannel bar. secured to the car door and diaving a catch member pivotedthereto for an engagement with the doorway ost of the car to prevent thedoor from sli mg to an open position.

- A further object of this invention is to provide a casing secured tothe channel bar .and having a pin therein, which is adapted I formovement in the casing to overlie the handle portion of the catch memberand being sealed in this position to prevent the catch member fromdisengaging the post and freeing the door from a closed or lockedposition. e

A still further object of this invention is to provide a substantiallyL-shaped bracket securedv to the door jamb and received by one end ofthe channel bar to prevent the free end or edge of the door from beingmoved- 40 from. an engagement with the car when in a closed or lockedposition. I

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in cer- 45 tain novelfeatures .of construetion, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described and cla'nned For a completeunderstanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the fol- 50lowing description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is afront elevation of a door fastener for box car side doors, constructedin accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same,

-numeral 1 indicates a doorway post of a 'ment.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line33 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the casing,

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the casing,.illustrating the boltin an inoperative position, and

Fig. 6 is a similar view, illustrating the bolt in an operativeposition.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the

car, having a substantially L-shaped plate 2 secured thereon by a bolt3. The L-shaped plate 2 has an opening therein in registra-l. tion withan opening in the doorway 0st 1 for receiving a catch member 4 carrie bya car door 5 of the sliding type, which will be hereinafter more fullydescribed The numeral 6 designates the other doorway post of the car towhich is secured a door strip 7 by means of bolts 8. The door strlp 7 isabutted by the door 5 when the door 5-is moved or slid to close thedoorway between the posts 1 and 6, preventing the door from slidingbeyond the post 6 and the post 1 when moved to a closed position.

A longitudinally extending channel bar 9 is secured to the door 5 bymeans of bolts 10. The rear wall of the channel bar 9 is slotted asillustrated at 11 which is in registration with a slot within the door5. The. catch member 4 is of substantially L-shape and is pivotallysecured to the side walls of thechannel bar 9 adjacent the slot 11 sothat one arm portion of the catch member may extend through the slot 11and the slot in the door 5 and has formed at right angles upon-said armportion, a lag 12 which is adapted to move through the opening in theplate 2 and into the opening of the post 1 for locking the door 5against sliding move- The other arm portion of the L-. shaped catchmember 4 has a handle .13 formed thereon whereby the catch member may beswung upon its pivot to free the lug 12 from the post 1..

A casing 14 consisting of side walls 15, front wall 16 and a downwardlyand out= wardly inclined rear wall 17. A pair of oppositely disposedfeet 18 are'formed on the lower ends of the side walls 15 and are 105apertured to receive bolts for securing the feet to one of the sidewalls of the channel bar 9 at a point as illustrated at 19. The upperend of the casing 14 is closed by a" top wall 20 which has a cut-awayportion 21 110 and prevent the door 7 vthrough the casing .pm will belocked that extends downwardly within the front wall 16 as illustratedat 522 for receiving a locking pin-23. The pin has formed at rightangles upon its upper end a head 24: which extends out of the casingthrough the cut-away portion 21 in the top wall for limiting thedownward movement of the pin within the casing asclearly illustrated inFig. 6. When desiring to lock the catch member 4 against movement, thepin 23 is moved downwardly within the casing through the openings 25 iiithe channel bar 9 so as to overlie the handle 13 of the catch member andprevent same from being swung about its pivot to free the lug 12 fromthe post 1. In order to lock the pin 23 against movement, the side walls1430f the casing have slots 26 for receiving a seal that is ssed througha slot 2'? in the pin, which. w ll prevent the pin from being raisedupwardly to free the handle 13 of the catch member d.

Secured to the door step '7 is a substan tially l--shaped bracket 28which has one of its arm portions projecting beyond the post 6 and inthe direction of the post 1 to be received by one end of the channel bar9 when the door 5 prevent the door from being moved from an on gementwith the post (3 when in a closed ion,

rem the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, it will he noted that when the door 5 is slid to close thedoorway of the car, it will abut the door step 7 and the channel bar 9will receive the L-shapcd bracket :28 5 from being moved from anengagement swinging the catch member upon its pivot to move the lug 12into engagement with the on ing of the post 1 the door will be pre- 1from being slid to an open position.

vented By allowing the pin 3? within the casing 14 to slide through theopenings in the channel bar 9, the catch member 4: will be lockedagainst swinging movement, obviating the danger of the lug 12 fromdisengaging the opening in the post 1. By placing a seal 1e and the pin23, the against movement with is slid to a closed position, to

with the post 6. v

the casing, thereby locking the catch memher which in turn locks thedoor 5 against sliding movement.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction,combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A door fastener comprising a channel bar secured to a door: and having aslot therein, a catch pivoted between the walls of the channel bar andhaving one end disposed through the elongated slot and bentat rightangles for engagement with the door frame,

a handle formed on the other end of said catch and adapted to bedisposed between the-walls ofthe channel when the catch is in engagementwith the door frame, a casing mounted upon one of the walls of thechannel bar and having a slot in the top and front wall thereof, thewalls of said channel bar having vertically arranged apertures inalinement with the slot in the top wall of the casing, a pin mountedwithin said casing and. adapted to be inserted through the apertures ofthe channel bar to overlie the handle of the catch, a collar formed onsaid'pin and adapted to engage one wall of the channel bar for limitingthe movement of the pin throughthe apertures of the bar, a rightangledhead formed upon the upper end of the bolt and adapted to be receivedwithin the slot in the top and front wall of the casing to lock the boltagainst rotation when disposed through the apertures of the channel hat,and said bolt and side walls of the casing having alining apertures whenthe pin is disposed through the apertures of the channel bar to receivea seal.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLARD R. MILES. -Witnesses J. C. BARBER, M. B. Sonwrrrz.

